Greta Garbo's most personal items, from a U.S. passport to her favourite handbags, fetch $1.6m at auction

Greta Garbo, the enigmatic star of some of Hollywood's most memorable romantic movies of the Thirties, continues to be the focus of curiosity and myth more than 12 years after her death.

In a two-day sale of clothing, jewelry and other memorabilia belonging to reclusive movie star, the auction fetched $1.6million, more than three times the original estimate, according to Julien's Auctions.

The actress' Louis Vuitton streamer trunk was among the top sellers, the winning bid reaching $37,500, along with three leather driving caps she wore in a 1924 car advertisement which sold for $15,000.

Eternal enigma: In a two-day sale of clothing, jewelry and other memorabilia belonging Greta Garbo, the auction fetched $1.6million

The auction of 800 items began on Friday, and other items, including a U.S. passport issued to her in 1964, sold for $15,000 - three times the estimate of $3,000-$5,000.